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Riccardo Drigo

1846 - 1930

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Riccardo Eugenio Drigo (Russian: Риккардо Эудженьо Дриго, romanized: Rikkardo Eudzheno Drigo; 30 June 1846 – 1 October 1930) was an Italian composer of ballet music and Italian opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist. Drigo is most noted for his long career as kapellmeister and Director of Music of the Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg, Russia, for which he composed music for the original works and revivals of the choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Drigo also served as Chef d'orchestre for Italian opera performances of the orchestra of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre. During his career in Saint Petersburg, Drigo conducted the premieres and regular performances of nearly every ballet and Italian opera performed on the Tsarist stage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Riccardo Drigo is the 617th most popular composer (down from 558th in 2019), the 2,238th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,066th in 2019) and the 106th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Riccardo Drigo ranks 617 out of 1,451. Before him are Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Eduardo di Capua, Antoine François Marmontel, Louis Couperin, Sergei Bortkiewicz, and James Scott. After him are Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Gershon Kingsley, Carl Zeller, Luis de Milán, Bálint Bakfark, and Johann Ludwig Krebs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Riccardo Drigo ranks 42. Before him are Svetozar Marković, Boutros Ghali, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Raoul Pictet, Turhan Pasha Përmeti, and F. H. Bradley. After him are Karl Verner, Carlo Cafiero, Vyacheslav von Plehve, Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Jambyl Jabayev, and Basil III of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1930, Riccardo Drigo ranks 52. Before him are José Carlos Mariátegui, Paul Émile Appell, Eduard Meyer, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Anna Lea Merritt, and Richard Wilhelm. After him are Eric Lemming, Isidor Gunsberg, Emil Krebs, Oskar Nedbal, Viggo Jensen, and Alois Jirásek.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riccardo Drigo ranks 2,238 out of 5,161. Before him are Charles, Duke of Calabria (1298), Achille Starace (1889), Federico Gravina (1756), Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880), Frank Nitti (1886), and Raffaele Farina (1933). After him are Aurelio Peccei (1908), Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752), Antonio Rossellino (1427), Aleksandër Moisiu (1879), Titus Annius Milo (-95), and Artemio Franchi (1922).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Riccardo Drigo ranks 106. Before him are Luigi Rossi (1597), Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663), Tommaso Traetta (1727), Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720), Pietro Nardini (1722), and Eduardo di Capua (1865). After him are Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752), Giuseppe Sammartini (1695), Antonio Sacchini (1730), Isabella Leonarda (1620), Ludwig Thuille (1861), and Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535).

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